Well worth the hunt!
It looks to me like there is a flat across the top of the handles when closed, suggesting it stands like that. But the other ends look bent too...
What does that thing look like closed? I did see one online called fireplace ember tongs, though I don't know why you might want to move one...
I'm seeing similar online as fireplace tongs? (I'm not convinced.)
I didn't know that.
Liked that last one. The polychrome looks good.
I don't see those as eagles - not sufficiently aggressive - more likely doves. Nor do I see that as a cornucopia - more of a jardiniere. Given...
Here's a very similar, 7 1/4" vase that sold for £29,000 in 2019: [ATTACH]...
I didn't realize that one of those little Xs is active. I never bother clicking on them.
Don't know if it's comparable or not, but I had this re-upholstered platform rocker sell on consignment for about $100 USD (as I recall) quite a...
Looks like canvas around the siggy. Maybe some restoration... that rectangle in the sky?
That's the one I first saw as well, but I think the GMC is closer.
The truck might be a GMC AFWX-354 1939-40: [ATTACH] This shows a very similar truck (but not specifically ID'd) with the side-mounted wheel:...
Manufactured in France would go with Morocco or Algeria.
62nd Coast Artillery, Anti-Aircraft, now stationed at Fort Totten https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1940/06/29/bombs-bursting-in-air
As I recall, metal, but that was a long time ago. Mid '50s.
Mine was made of wood, so probably not a Speedboy.
https://hickmet.com/products/tete-d-aigle-car-mascot-by-rene-lalique
I found a reference online that said the company was founded in 1825 and still exists: https://www.parfumo.com/Perfumes/Fochtenberger
I searched the foil label and didn't find anything either.
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